On Thursday, October 28, 2004, at 01:14 PM, WizardMarks wrote:
Loki Anderson wrote:
Don Samuels doesn't respect the DFL endorsement process, what a suprise. I assume this means that he won't be seeking the endorsement should he run for re-election next year.
Dennis Plante Responds:
Why would the DFL Party "cut-off its nose to spite its face" so to speak, by NOT endorsing Don Samuels if he chooses to run for re-election and seek the DFL Party endorsement?
The DFL Party endorsed the other guy because for many DFLers, Samuel's was an unknown, for the most part. I think it fell under the heading of "better the devil you know than the devil you don't know."
WizardMarks, Central
The endorsed DFL candidate was Olin Moore, staff in U.S. Rep. Martin Sabo's office. He wasn't an unknown to the many, many people he helped via Martin's office. And he is not an unknown in the party.
However, the winner of the council seat in the election was Don Samuels. I don't believe he sought DFL endorsement. Does someone know?
From the MN Public Radio Site:
Olin Moore,32, has spent many of his years in DFL politics. Moore worked for congressman Martin Sabo for nine years. Moore is the DFL-endorsed candidate. And his experience positions him as the political insider. Moore knows that his opponent's supporters question his ability to relate to the concerns of people who live in impoverished inner city neighborhoods.
Moore lives in the northeast part of the ward just down the block from a small, but thriving, commercial corridor filled with restaurants, bars, artists' studios and coffeehouses. Moore used to live in a neighborhood across the river in north Minneapolis and he says he's well aware of the differences between the two areas.
Don Samuels, 53,is a neighborhood activist who was quoted widely in news reports in 2000, after a young boy was shot and killed in a park near his home. After a riot broke out a few blocks from his home in 2001, Samuels worked with his neighbors to organize a community group to address crime and livability issues.
Samuels immigrated to the U.S. from Jamaica in the early '70s. He is a former executive at Hasbro toy company and a self-employed toy designer. Samuels is also an ordained minister. After placing second in the ward primary, Samuels picked up endorsements from several of his former challengers including members of both the Republican and Green parties.
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